MATHEMATICS TEST

(1)

(2)

Mr. Farmer buys a cow for $900.00. If he sells it at a profit of 15%, calculate
(a)

The actual profit.

(b)

The selling price.

Mrs. Hoyte borrows $3000.00 to help pay for a car. She agrees to pay the money back
over 2 years, paying simple interest at 9% per year. Calculate

(3)

(a)

The simple interest on the $3000.00.

(b)

The total amount she must pay back.

Remove the brackets and simplify

6(4x + y) 7(3x + 5y)

(4)

Simplify the expression

2a 7
3

(5)

5a 6
4

(a)

How many sides has a polygon, if the sum of its angles is 3960?

(b)

If the polygon is regular, what is the size of each angle?

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.4
.2
.6 .8
.3
. 10
.5

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. 11
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The Venn diagram above shows a Universal set and the sets M and N.
List the following sets.
(a)

(d)

(b)

M N

(e)

(M N)

(c)

MN

(f)

(M N)

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(8)

In a class of 45 students, 29 take History and 27 take Spanish. If 18 take both subjects
(a)

Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate this information.

(b)

How many students take neither History nor Spanish?

Find the mean, mode and median of the set of numbers.

7, 5, 11, 7, 12, 8, 6, 7, 9, 7

(9)

Construct the triangle ABC, using ruler pencil and compass only, with
BC= 12 cm

ACB = 60

(a)

AB = 9cm

(b)

Measure and write down the length of AC in centimeters.

(c)

Measure and write down the size of angle ACB.